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JOHN  MILTON  GREGORY,  LL.D. 


First  President  of  the  University 


MEMORIAL  CONVOCATION 


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UNiVERSiTY  OF  ILLINOIS. 


JOHN  MILTON  GREGORY,  LL.D. 


First  President  of  the  University 


MEMORIAL  CONVOCATION 


AT  THE  CHAPEL 


Sunday,  October  23,  1898 


1898 

PUBLISHED  BY  THE  UJTIVERSITV 


JOHN  MILTON  GREGORT,  LL.D, 

19)22— July  6,  Born  at  Sand  Lake,  New  Vork. 

1846 — Graduated  at  Union  College. 

1852 — Principal  Classical  School,  Detroit,  Michigan. 

1854 — Editor  Michigan  Journal  of  Education. 
1858-63 — State  Superintendent  Public  Instruction  of  Michigan. 
1863-67 — President  Kala^nazoo  College. 

l^dd— Published  ''Handbook  of  History.'' 
1867-80 — President  U^iiversity  of  Illinois. 

1873 — United  States  Commissioner  to  World's  Fair  at  Vienna. 

1876 — Member  Board  of  Judges,  Educational  Department,  Centen- 
nial Exposition,  Philadelphia. 

1878 — Illinois  Commissioner  to  International  Exposition  at  Paris. 
1881-82 — Superintendent  American  Baptist  Home  Mission  Schools. 

\%Z2— Published  "^  New  Political  Economy.'' 
1882-85 — United  States  Civil  Service  Co7nmissioner. 

1883 — Published  ''Seven  Laws  of  Teaching." 
1895-98 — President  Civic  Center  of  Washington,  D.  C. 

1898 —  October  ig.  Died  at  Washington,  D.  C. 


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MEMORIAL  CONVOCATION. 


The  first  President  of  the  University,  Dr.  John  M.  Gregory, 
died  in  the  City  of  Washington,  D.  C,  on  Wednesday  evening, 
October  iq,  1898.  Having  expressed  the  wish  that  his  burial 
place  might  be  within  the  grounds  of  the  University,  and  the 
suggestion  having  been  approved  by  the  Trustees,  the  remains 
were  received  and  taken  charge  of  by  the  University  on  Sun- 
day morning,  October  23.  Under  the  care  of  a  guard  of  honor 
from  the  University  Military  Battalion  they  lay  in  state  in  the 
rotunda  of  the  Library  Building,  where  the  public  was  per- 
mitted to  view  them  between  the  hours  of  12:30  and  2:30  p.  m. 
Great  numbers  availed  themselves  of  the  opportunity. 

At  two  o'clock  the  Trustees  and  former  Trustees,  with  the 
specially  invited  guests,  assembled  at  the  President's  Rooms, 
the  Corps  of  Instruction  at  the  Faculty  Room,  and  students  of 
years  prior  to  1881  at  the  Business  Offices. 

At  2:15  the  University  procession  moved  to  the  Chapel 
from  the  Library  Building,  passing  through  the  rotunda  and 
around  the  casket  in  the  following  order: 

President  of  the  University  with  the  Chaplain  of  the  day, 
Rev.  W.  H.  Stedman,  D.D. 

Speakers: 

Dean  Thomas  J.  Burrill. 

Judge  Charles  G.  Neely,  of  the  class  of  '80. 

Honorary  Pallbearers: 

Trustees  Francis  M.  McKay  and  Samuel  A.  Bullard. 

Professors  Samuel  W.  Shattuck,  N.  Clifford  Ricker,  Ira 
O.  Baker,  Stephen  A.  Forbes,  David  Kinley  and 
Eugene  Davenport;  Hon.  Emory  Cobb,  Hon.  J.  O. 
Cunningham  and  George  F.  Beardsley,  Esq. 

Board  of  Trustees  of  the  University. 


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Former  President  Selim  H.  Peabody,  former  Trustees  and 

former  members  of  the  Faculty. 
Mayors  of  the  cities  of  Champaign  and  Urbana. 
Boards  of  Education  of  Champaign  and  Urbana. 
Students  of  years  prior  to  1881. 
Clergymen  and  other  specially  invited  guests. 
Instructional  Force  of  the  University. 

The  exercises  in  the  Chapel  were  as  follows: 

SlNGING-"Lead,  Kindly  Light," Male  Quartet 

REMARKS, President  Andrew  Sloan  Draper,  LL.D. 

RELIGIOUS  EXERCISES,         ....  Rev.  W.  H.  Stedman,  D.D. 

Singing— "The  Lord  is  My  Shepherd,"  ....      Male  Quartet 

ADDRESS,  ....  Dean  Thomas  Jonathan  Burrill,  LL.D. 

REMARKS, Judge  Charles  G.  Neely,  Class  of  1880 

SINGING— "Abide  With  Me,"    ......  Audience 

Benediction  at  the  Vault. 


REMARKS  OF  PRESIDENT  DRAPER. 

In  opening  the  convocation  President  Draper  said: 

The  University  meets  in  a  convocation  today  which  is 
altogether  unusual.  We  open  our  gates  to  give  sepulcher  to 
the  physical  body  of  our  pioneer  President:  we  assemble  to 
signify  our  respect  for  the  tenement  of  clay  and  give  expres- 
sion to  our  sentiments  and  feelings  concerning  that  life  which 
has  just  gone  to  the  inheritance  of  the  righteous,  and  is  at  one 
with  the  Father  and  the  host  of  the  sanctified  gone  before. 

The  occasion  is  melancholy.  It  touches  our  innermost 
feelings  to  stand  by  a  bier.  It  stirs  them  deeply  to  stand  by 
the  bier  of  the  great  and  the  useful  to  whom  we  have  been 
deeply  indebted  and  about  whom  the  affections  have  grown 
strong.  Yet  the  entrance  into  life,  at  full  maturity,  of  a  great 
man  who  has  been  widely  and  splendidly  inspiring  to  his 
fellows,  and  whose  work  on  earth  was  ample  and  well  com- 
pleted, is  very  far  from  being  an  occurrence  which  is  altogether 
sad  and  melancholy. 

It  is  the  special  privilege  of  others,  whose  relations  to  the 
facts  particularly  qualify  them  for  the  grateful  service,  to 
formulate  the  thought  and  give  suitable  expression  to  the  deep 
feeling  of  the  University  upon  the  event  which  has  called  us 
together.  I  am  permitted  but  a  brief  word  in  the  way  of 
opening  the  exercises. 

John  Milton  Gregory  came  here  in  the  spring  of  1867  to 
make  plans  for  this  University,  to  lay  the  very  bottom  stones 
of  its  foundations,  and,  a  year  later,  to  stand  in  its  doorway 
and  receive  its  first  students.  How  singularly  qualified  and 
adapted  he  was  for  such  a  work  has  for  years  been  upon  the 
lips  of  many,  but  can  never  be  told  too  often. 

He  was  then  at  the  age  of  forty-five.  He  was  a  sound 
English  "and  classical  scholar.  He  had  even  more  than  the 
ordinary  versatility  of  thorough  scholarship,  and  he  had 
already  had  much  experience  in  educational  administration. 
On  occasions  he  wrote  poetry  of  no  mean  order;  silvery  chimes 


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rang  melodies  in  the  temples  of  his  soul.  Our  art  gallery 
will  always  bear  witness  that  he  had  the  eye  and  the  feeling  of 
an  artist.  He  was  a  clergyman.  Not  only  was  his  heart  keyed 
to  the  music  of  the  humanities  and  consecrated  to  the  service 
of  the  Master,  but  his  mind  had  been  disciplined  by  the  coldly 
intellectual  and  logical  philosophy  of  Calvin.  He  had  studied 
the  Law.  He  knew  the  story  of  its  development  and  venerated 
it  for  what  it  had  cost.  He  had  the  battles  of  mankind  for 
freedom  and  for  progress  engraved  upon  his  heart,  and  was 
thoroughly  familiar  with  the  growth  of  institutions.  He  had 
many  of  the  elements  of  a  statesman.  In  a  word,  he  knew 
history,  and,  guided  by  its  lights,  could  look  clearly  into  the 
future.  He  was  a  forceful  writer  and  an  orator  who  could  com- 
mand a  hearing.  He  had  courage.  He  had  Puritan  blood  in 
his  veins,  and  it  settled  the  way  in  which  he  would  maintain  a 
conviction.  He  could  withstand  an  assault  or  he  could  lead  an 
advance;  he  could  rise  to  an  occasion  or  he  could  wait  with 
patience  and  bide  his  time.  Perhaps  more  than  all  else  he  was 
a  teacher.  He  had  been  an  apt  pupil,  the  ardent  admirer  and 
the  strong  friend  of  Eliphalet  Nott  of  Union  College,  than 
whom  no  man  in  America  had  inspired  and  molded  more  lives. 
He  acquired  the  spirit  and  the  ways  of  his  own  great  college 
president.  He  could  put  his  heart  against  the  hearts  of  others 
and  warm  them,  and  he  could  link  his  mind  into  the  minds  of 
others  to  draw  them  out  and  invigorate  them.  Again  and 
again  former  students  have  testified  to  me,  and  in  telegram 
and  letter  are  hourly  testifying  now,  of  the  uplifting  and  last- 
ing influence  of  Dr.  Gregory  upon  their  lives. 

These  different  qualities,  blended  together,  mellowed  and 
refined  by  experience,  produced  an  altogether  unusual  man, — 
one  who  could  manage  men  and  lead  movements  as  well ;  one 
who  could  deal  with  the  every-day  questions  of  educational 
detail  better  than  most  men  could  do  it,  but  who  could  not  be 
content  with  doing  that  alone ;  one  who  could  both  fire  souls 
and  build  institutions,  and  whose  frail  body  was  charged  with 
a  spirit  which  would  permit  him  to  do  nothing  less. 

Even  more,  and  what  is  of  more  import  to  us,  there  were 
not  half  a  dozen  other  men  in  the  world  thirty  years  ago  who 
saw,  as  he  did,  the  necessity  of  the  next  great  step  which  was 


JOHN    MILTON    GREGORY.  7 

imperative  to  the  complete  and  enduring  development  of  pop- 
ular education.  His  knowledge  of  history,  his  study  of  eco- 
nomics, his  frequent  contact  with  questions  of  state,  and  his 
love  for  the  common  brotherhood  of  man  led  him  to  see  that 
the  old  system  of  education  was  not  equal  to  the  support  of 
democratic  institutions.  This  particular  knowledge  was  the 
consuming  fire  in  his  soul.  The  enlargement  of  the  educa- 
tional plan  so  that  it  should  carry  the  opportunity  for  a  collegi- 
ate education  to  every  home,  and  so  that  the  influence  of  lib- 
eral learning  should  bear  directly  upon  the  vocations  of  the 
industrial  masses,  was  the  matter  to  which  he  was  impelled  by 
an  irresistible  impulse  of  his  heart  to  give  the  great  powers 
of  his  mind. 

This  is  the  particular  work  he  undertook  for  the  people  of 
the  prairies  and  the  new  towns  of  this  then  pioneer  common- 
wealth. His  plans  were  adequate.  He  knew  that  in  essentials 
they  were  imperative.  He  did  not  bow  his  head  to  the  demand 
which  the  thoughtless  multitude  made  for  merely  practical 
training,  for  he  knew  that  what  was  demanded  would  be  neither 
scientific  nor  practical,  and  that  it  must  be  both  if  it  would 
endure;  he  would  have  been  false  if  he  had  wavered,  and 
he  could  not  be  false.  He  would  never  lower  the  plane  of 
education  :  he  would  uplift  the  common  life.  The  crowd  was 
disposed  to  ridicule  his  theories  and  overthrow  his  plans,  but 
he  would  not  allow  it,  and  as  he  was  right  there  was  no  need 
to  allow  it.  In  all  this  he  but  brought  his  personality  to  the 
surface  of  affairs.  If  he  had  permitted  himself  to  be  con- 
trolled by  the  crowd  he  would  have  disappeared  in  the  crowd, 
and  the  University  of  Illinois  would  have  been  insufficient  for 
its  constituency  and  unworthy  the  great  State  for  which  it  stands. 

His  humanity,  his  learning  and  his  courage  laid  the  foun- 
dations not  of  a  merely  technical  school,  but  of  a  University 
ready  to  supply  instruction  in  any  branch  of  advanced  learn- 
ing to  anyone  prepared  to  receive  it.  This  distinguished  him 
among  his  fellows :  it  won  him  the  enduring  gratitude  of  Illi- 
nois and  of  the  friends  of  progress  throughout  the  world,  in 
his  own  and  in  all  generations.  His  students  will  cherish  his 
memory  for  what  he  did  to  shape  their  lives,  and  well  they 
may  :  but  the  University  that  is  now,  and  the  still  greater  Uni- 


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versity  that  is  to  be,  will  hold  him  in  tender  recollection  for 
what  he  did  for  it.  Indeed,  his  work  is  respected  and  his  mem- 
ory has  become  already  a  sacred  influence  in  our  life,  but  their 
value  and  their  beauty  will  be  more  manifest  to  the  University, 
the  State  and  the  Country,  with  each  of  the  coming  years  which 
is  yet  unwound  from  the  great  reel  of  infinite  time. 

We  may  take  such  formal  steps  as  we  can  to  honor  his 
memory  now;  but  what  we  do  will  seem  feeble  indeed  ;  the 
University  is  his  monument.  He  received  from  the  State  whose 
citizen  and  benefactor  he  became  at  middle  life  many  marks 
of  esteem  ;  he  was  sent  abroad  upon  important  missions  and 
called  to  high  public  service  by  the  General  Government  more 
than  once :  but  the  honors  which  will  be  most  substantial  and 
last  the  longest  will  be  the  minds  he  quickened  and  the  souls 
he  inspired  through  personal  contact,  and  yet  more  through 
the  form  which  he  was  able  to  give  and  the  spirit  which  he  was 
able  to  breathe  into  the  University.  These  will  be  reproduced 
and  multiplied  infinitely. 

The  University  is  honored  by  his  desire  that  his  mortal 
body  should  rest  forever  in  the  soil  of  the  institution  which  his 
genius,  his  generosity,  and  his  courage  went  far  to  establish 
upon  broad  and  enduring  foundations.  It  is  hardly  too  much 
to  say  that,  without  knowing  it,  he  paid  for  the  high  right  with 
his  brain  and  his  blood.  So  the  University  opens  its  gates  to 
receive  him  again  to  its  own  and  to  his  own.  Its  Trustees, 
instructors,  and  students  convene  in  convocation  to  lay  their 
tributes  upon  his  bier.  It  welcomes  to  the  sad  service  his 
distinguished  successor  in  office  and  others  who  have  been  of 
the  instructional  force,  and  the  students  of  other  days  who 
come  by  common  impulse  to  testify  of  their  love.  In  doing  all 
this  we  can  not  but  feel  that  we  are  indeed  making  history 
now,  for  we  are  rounding  out  the  first  great  cycle  in  the  life  of 
the  University.  It  shall  remind  us  that  the  ordinary  incidents 
of  daily  life  are  relatively  of  but  little  moment,  and  it  shall 
register  a  resolution  that  the  ashes  of  the  departed  shall  be 
tenderly  guarded;  that  the  best  years  of  his  life  shall  not  have 
been  given  to  us  in  vain;  and  that  the  great  results  which  his 
noble  spirit  conceived  and  longed  for  shall  be  secured  in  the 
most  abundant  measure. 


JOHN    MILTON    GREGORY.  Q 

READING  SCRIPTURES  AND   PRAYER. 

Rev.  W.  H.  Stedman,  D.D.,  of  Champaign,  conducted  the 
religious  exercises,  as  follows: 

Dr.  Gregory  once  gave  me  an  incident  connected  with  his 
personal  experience  which  I  think  will  make  a  fitting  introduc- 
tion to  the  reading  of  the  Scripture  lesson.  He  said,  as  we 
were  talking  upon  the  subject  of  the  inspiration  of  the  Scrip- 
tures: "Do  you  know,  I  have  found  a  new  use  for  the  Bible. 
I  have  been  for  many  years  troubled  with  insomnia.  I  have 
gotten  into  the  habit  of  taking  up  some  portion  of  Christ's 
sayings.  I  have  committed  to  memory  whole  chapters  of  the 
Gospels  and  the  writings  of  St.  Paul,  and  have  sought  to  go  to 
the  bottom  of  them.  I  have  turned  them  over  and  over.  I 
have  looked  at  them  from  every  point  of  view  until  my  soul 
was  aglow  with  light.  My  brother,"  said  he,  "  I  no  longer  dread 
sleepless  hours.  I  rather  rejoice  in  them.  They  are  the  most 
blessed  of  my  life." 

Scriptures:  Psalms  Ixv.  i-8;  xli.  1-4;  1.  1-6;  xxiii.  1-6. 

Prayer:  Almighty  God,  our  Heavenly  Father,  we  yield 
unto  Thee  most  high  praise  and  hearty  thanks  for  the  won- 
derful grace  and  virtue  declared  in  all  Thy  servants  who  have 
been  the  chosen  vessels  of  Thy  grace  and  wisdom,  and  the 
lights  of  the  world  in  their  several  generations;  and  we  most 
devoutly  thank  Thee  for  the  life  and  character  of  Thy  servant, 
our  honored  and  beloved  father  and  friend,  whose  remains  we 
this  day  bury  out  of  our  sight.  We  thank  Thee  for  the  strength 
of  his  character,  for  the  breadth  and  tenderness  of  his  sympa- 
thetic nature,  for  his  devotion  to  truth  and  righteousness,  and 
for  the  stimulating  and  uplifting  power  of  his  instruction. 

We  thank  Thee  that  in  the  morning  of  life  his  feet  found 
a  resting  place  on  the  Rock  of  Ages,  and  that  he  was  led  by 
the  Good  Shepherd  into  green  pastures  and  by  still  waters. 
And  we  most  humbly  beseech  Thee  that  the  greatest  desire  of 
his  heart  for  this  University,  which  was  conceived  and  brought 
into  being  by  him,  may  be  realized.  We  pray  Thee  that  a 
double  portion  of  his  spirit  may  abide  upon  all  who  are  and  all 
who  shall    hereafter   come   into   places   of   authority   in   this 


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institution,  and  we  humbly  entreat  Thee  that  the  student  body 
may  ever  be  stimulated  to  higher  moral  and  intellectual  attain- 
ments because  of  the  abiding  power  of  that  great  life  that  Thou 
has  taken  to  Thyself.  We  pray  especially,  our  Father,  that 
Thy  richest  blessing  maybe  given  to  this  inner  circle  of  bereaved 
ones,  who,  because  they  knew  him  best  of  all,  are  today  the 
most  sorely  afflicted.  Grant  that  they  may  each  be  comforted 
as  only  Thou  canst  comfort.  May  the  place  made  vacant  be 
joyously  filled  by  Thy  spirit ;  may  they  find  that  Thou  art 
indeed  a  "  father  to  the  fatherless  and  a  husband  to  the  widow." 
And  now,  our  Father,  may  each  one  of  this  vast  assembly  go 
from  this  sacred  place  with  a  renewed  determination  to  love 
and  serve  Thee  with  oneness  of  mind  and  heart ;  and  to  Thy 
great  name,  to  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Spirit,  we  will  give  ever- 
lasting praises,  world  without  end.     Amen. 

SINGING  :  "The  Lord  is  My  Shepherd," Male  Quartet 


JOHN    MILTON    GRKGORY.  II 


ADDRESS  BY  DEAN  THOMAS  J.  BURRILL. 

"  I  should  be  something  more  or  less  than  human  not  to 
feel  the  solemn  pressure  of  this  hour."  These  words  consti- 
tute the  first  sentence  in  Dr.  Gregory's  first  official  public  ut- 
terance in  connection  with  the  institution  here  over  which  he 
had  been  called  to  preside.  I  have  quoted  the  first  line  of  his 
memorable  inaugural  address.  Had  he  then  fully  compre- 
hended all  the  labors  he  entered  upon,  all  the  hardships  and 
painful  experiences  he  was  to  endure,  the  heavy  burden  he  was 
to  bear, —  the  words  would  have  been  weighted  with  further 
significance  than  was  then  understood,  though  he  better  than 
anybody  else  comprehended  the  situation  in  which  he  was 
placed.  Had  they  meaning  then  and  to  him,  they  have  re- 
doubled and  reweighted  significance  now  and  to  me. 

Dr.  John  M.  Gregory,  he  whose  voice  in  former  times  was 
so  often  echoed  back  from  these  walls,  he  whose  words  of  wis- 
dom and  helpfulness  were  so  often  heard  by  intense  and  grate- 
ful listeners  in  these  seats,  he  to  whom  in  a  very  large  degree 
this  institution  owes  its  being, —  the  wise  counselor,  the  heroic 
executive,  the  gifted  teacher,  the  friend  of  professor  and  of  stu- 
dent, the  manly  Christian  man, —  has  departed  from  Earth,  and 
his  mortal  remains  seek  a  resting  place  within  the  grounds  he 
loved  so  well.  Only,  as  it  were,  the  other  day,  he  spoke  from 
this  platform  and  in  that  hall  across  the  street.  With  what 
happiness  he  revisited  the  scenes  of  those  other  times  when 
the  beating  pulse  was  stronger  and  the  days  proved  all  too 
short  for  the  plans  and  purposes  begotten  in  the  fervid  heat  of 
an  active  brain!  His  life  had  been  devoted  to  the  work  of  the 
University.  He  would  not  and  could  not  forget  the  thirteen 
years  of  his  official  connection  here,  and  we,  all  of  us,  old 
friends  and  new  ones,  were  glad  that  he  did  not  forget,  that 
he  did  come  back,  and  out  of  the  fullness  of  his  understand- 
ing and  of  the  wealth  of  his  heart  delivered  anew  a  message 
of  information  and  of  help,  of  inspiration  and  of  hope.  The 
body  will  molder  back  to  dust  in  yonder  grave,  but  the  lessons 
he  taught  will  never  perish  in  their  interest  and  power ;  time 


12  UNIVERSITY    OF    ILLINOIS. 

will  grow  old  and  all  the  things  mortal  will  pass  away,  but  the 
immortality  of  a  life  like  his  is  insured  this  side  of  the  tomb 
as  well  as  beyond. 

It  now  falls  to  my  lot  to  recount  in  simple  fashion  and 
humble  wording  something  of  the  history  of  our  first  Regent's 
plans  and  accomplishments  in  connection  with  this  University. 
I  would  gladly  leave  out  in  this  all  mention  of  the  obstacles 
encountered,  and  of  the  shattered  hopes  that  bestrewed  his  path- 
way ;  but  light  is  revealed  by  shadows,  and  smiling  valleys  lie 
only  between  hills.  There  is  neither  in  this  nor  should  there 
be  an^^where  in  this  connection  condemnation  of  anyone,  or  of 
anything.  Opinions  rightfully  differ  even  though  on  one  side 
or  the  other  there  may  at  length  be  found  costly  and  irremedi- 
able error. 

It  is  exceedingly  difficult  for  anyone  not  having  in  mem- 
ory the  conditions  of  things  as  they  existed  when  the  move- 
ment was  made  for  the  founding  of  institutions  of  higher  learn- 
ing in  the  several  states  based  upon  the  idea  of  special  use- 
fulness to  the  industries,  rather  than  to  what  were  at  that 
time  called  the  three  learned  professions.  Let  it  be  remem- 
bered that  this  movement  began  in  real  earnest  just  in  the  mid- 
dle period  of  our  century.  It  was  in  185 1  that  the  memorable 
convention  was  held  in  Granville,  this  state,  where  in  direct 
and  public  way  the  agitation  began  ;  and  it  was  less  than  two 
years  subsequently  that  the  Illinois  General  Assembly  sent  that 
notable  first  memorial  in  February,  1853,  to  the  National  Con- 
gress, praying  for  the  endowment  and  establishment  in  each 
state  of  industrial  universities  for  the  promotion  of  the  more 
"liberal  and  varied  education  adapted  to  the  manifold  wants 
of  a  practical  and  enterprising  people." 

But  what  a  transformation  has  taken  place  in  industrial 
affairs  since  these  dates!  Never  before  in  the  history  of  the 
world  has  there  been  in  an  equal  length  of  time  such  accom- 
plishments, such  a  stupendous  forward  movement  in  the  asser- 
tion of  the  dominion  of  man  over  nature,  in  controlling  and 
managing  the  forces  and;forms  of  nature  for  the  good  of  man 
and  the  uplifting  of  his  race.  The  magnetic  telegraph  had  its 
introduction  in  1844,  only  seven  years  before  the  Granville 
convention,  and  it  had  hardly  made  a  beginning  in  usefulness 


JOHN   MILTON   GREGORY.  I3 

as  we  now  know  it  until  after  this  latter  event.  The  man  who 
first  persuaded  the  Michigan  Central  railroad,  in  1853,  to  con- 
trol the  movement  of  its  trains  by  telegraph — a  thing  nowhere 
known  before — is  in  this  room  to-day,  and  was  a  member  until 
recently  of  our  Board  of  Trustees.  Railroads  themselves 
began  creeping  into  Illinois  in  1847  from  what  is  now  that 
marvelous  focus  of  traffic  on  the  shore  of  Lake  Michigan.  In 
185 1  the  Grand  Prairie  of  Illinois,  a  part  of  which  is  now  occu- 
pied as  the  attractive  campus  of  this  institution,  stretched  in 
great  bodies  of  native  green,  bedecked  with  multitudinous 
flowers  never  culled  by  man,  through  more  than  two  hundred 
miles  of  our  territory.  Notwithstanding  the  wonderful  rich- 
ness of  its  soil  it  was  in  great  part  uninhabited  and  uninhab- 
itable by  man  with  out  further  knowledge  and  power  than  he 
then  possessed. 

During  this  half  century  how  the  elements  and  forces  of 
nature  have  sprung  into  use  at  the  command  of  man!  Conti- 
nents have  been  discovered  anew,  the  waste  places  have  been 
recovered  and  beautified  as  a  garden  for  the  king.  Old  Ocean 
toys  with  the  things  of  man  upon  his  tempestuous  surface,  but 
the  tranquil  depths  pulsate  since  1858  from  shore  to  shore  with 
human  thought,  making  neighbors  of  nations  and  binding 
together  with  bands  stronger  than  iron  their  common  interests 
and  mutual  concerns.  Heavy  loads,  then  borne  by  human 
machines,  have  been  transferred  to  those  framed  of  oak  and 
of  steel,  transforming  a  race  of  slaves  into  masters  and  con- 
querors, subjugating  not  nations,  but  nature.  But  even  the 
cannon  of  these  later  times  are  noisy  with  proclamations  of 
peace.  Assuredly  the  difference  in  the  conditions  must  be 
remembered  if  we  would  understand  the  discussions  of  the 
earlier  though  not  very  remote  times. 

Let  us  now,  in  no  critical  or  fault-finding  mood,  but  in  just 
and  high  appreciation  of  the  facilities  and  accomplishments  of 
the  then  existing  institutions  of  higher  learning,  turn  to  them 
a  moment  and  catch  a  slight  insight  as  to  what  they  were,  the 
best  of  them,  when  the  agitation  of  which  we  write  began. 
They  had  been  proved  to  be  by  their  fruit  admirable  organi- 
zations and  exceedingly  influential  instrumentalities  in  prepar- 
ing men  for  certain  spheres  of  life.     None  of  them  opened  their 


14  UNIVERSITY    OF    ILLINOIS. 

doors  to  women.  They  had  in  their  service  men  of  wide  repute 
and  of  magnificent  scholarly  endowments.  They  had  libraries 
of  which  they  were  justly  proud,  though  more  often  these  were 
only  open  at  designated  intervals.  They  had  associations  and 
memories  tending  wonderfully  to  foster  and  beget  intellectual 
refinement  and  strength. 

But  they  had  no  laboratories  worthy  of  mention.  There 
was  no  opportunity  for,  nor  spirit  of  research  other  than  in 
books  and  manuscripts.  Modern  science,  in  none  of  the  mul- 
titudinous forms  by  which  modern  life  is  now  so  potently 
touched  and  so  significantly  vivified,  had  gained  practical 
entrance.  In  the  fifties,  and  almost  as  truly  for  the  sixties,  it 
was  impossible  for  a  student  so  inclined  to  gain  anything 
beyond  elementary  instruction  in  any  American  college  course 
in  chemistry,  physics,  physiology,  botany,  zoology,  geology, 
astronomy  except  upon  the  mathematical  side,  political  science, 
economics — in  sociology  not  at  all — engineering  in  any  of 
its  branches  except  again  the  mathematical  applications,  archi- 
tecture, agriculture  or  anything  closely  related  thereto,  and  in 
many  other  somewhat  kindred  branches  now  considered 
important  in  courses  of  collegiate  instruction.  There  was  no 
institution  on  the  American  continent,  or  any  number  of  insti- 
tutions, in  which  a  score  of  professors  now  engaged  in  the 
work  of  this  University  could  have  prepared  themselves  for 
the  duties  they  were  severally  called  upon  to  perform  at  the 
beginning  of  their  services  here.  To  study  science  in  these 
early  days  of  our  half  century  one  must  have  gone  abroad, 
perhaps  with  little  purpose,  or  must  have  done  it  outside  of 
college  walls  and  college  helps.  There  was  little  or  no  liberty 
in  choice  of  studies.  The  undergraduate— there  was  practic- 
ally no  graduate  instruction  offered — might  choose,  it  may  be, 
one  of  two  or  three  general  courses  which,  when  chosen,  he 
must  pursue  from  beginning  to  end  as  laid  down.  This  was 
the  first  concession  to  individual  needs  and  personal  tastes  and 
aptitudes,  and  it  sometimes  strained  severely  the  possibilities 
of  the  institutions  to  grant  so  much  as  they  did.  It  was  usually 
impossible  that  they  should  offer  more  in  this  direction. 

The  call  for  new  institutions  of  higher  learning  with 
largely   increased   endowments   to    meet    the   newly  growing 


JOHN    MILTON    GREGORY.  15 

demand  was  therefore  earnest  and  importunate.  Said  Dr. 
Gregory,  in  his  inaugural  address:  "Slowly,  a  great  want  has 
struggled  into  definite  shape  in  the  hearts  of  mankind.  The 
demand  has  arisen  for  deliverance  from  the  evils  of  ignorance 
and  for  a  more  fit  and  practical  education  for  the  industrial 
classes.  It  is  Labor  lifting  its  Ajax  cry  for  light  to  guide  its 
toil  and  illuminate  its  life.  Daily  the  feeling  grows  stronger 
that  the  old  courses  of  classical  study  do  not  meet  the  new  and 
increasing  wants  of  the  working  world.  The  industries  are 
steadil}-  and  rapidl}'  becoming  more  scientific.  They  are  no 
longer  the  rude,  manual  arts  of  the  olden  times.  They  have 
brought  the  might}^  powers  of  nature  to  their  aid,  and  seek  to 
conform  their  labors  to  the  great  laws  of  matter  and  life. 
Agriculturalist  and  artisan  find  themselves  working  amid  great 
and  significant  phenomena,  which  only  science  can  explain; 
and  the}'  have  caught  glimpses  of  possible  triumphs  in  their 
arts  which  they  may  win,  if  they  can  be  educated  to  the  better 
master}'  of  better  processes  and  more  scientific  combinations. 
Hence  the  cry  for  the  liberal  education  of  the  industrial  classes." 

In  our  State  the  movement  culminated  upon  the  last  day 
of  February,  1867,  when  the  Legislature  passed  the  act  found- 
ing and  practically  locating  the  Illinois  Industrial  University 
upon  the  broad  basis  of  the  so-called  Land  Grant  Act  of  1862, 
backed  and  forfeited  by  the  wealth  and  power  of  the  State. 

The  newly-appointed  Board  of  Trustees  had  a  difficult 
duty  to  perform  in  finding  men  capable  and  ready  to  take  the 
offices  of  administrators  and  teachers.  These  were  not  merely 
to  do  work  that  had  been  done,  but  they  were  to  mark  out  new 
paths,  to  devise  new  methods.  The  old  was  not  to  be  forgot- 
ten or  forfeited,  but  upon  it  as  a  foundation  where  feasible  a  new 
superstructure  was  to  be  raised.  School  men  are  proverbially 
conservative.  The  old  with  them  is  better  because  of  age. 
The  established  is  likely  to  be  to  them  the  law  and  the  gospel 
in  education.  To  whom  could  the  Trustees  turn  in  the  emer- 
gency? 

Fortunately, —  or  was  it  by  one  of  those  Providential  order- 
ings  by  which  the  affairs  of  man  are  directed?  —  one  member 
of  the  Board  had  heard  in  a  convention  in  Chicago  the  elo- 
quent words  representing  the  fertile  and  timely  ideas  of  a  man 


l6  UNIVERSITY    OF    ILLINOIS. 

from  Michigan,  where  he  had  gained  distinction  as  an  educa- 
tor, wide  reputation  as  a  writer  and  orator,  and  above  all,  as  an 
alert  and  sympathetic  friend  of  the  new  order  of  things  touch- 
ing industrial  and  practical  life.  On  the  motion  of  Mr.  Quick 
of  Irvington,  at  the  first  meeting  of  the  Trustees  in  Spring- 
field, Dr.  Gregory  was,  after  due  inquiry  and  consultation, 
elected  to  the  office  of  Regent.  All  that  he  had  previously 
known  of  the  matter  was  from  a  letter  from  Mr.  Quick,  received 
the  week  before. 

How  little  does  man  understand  the  full  consequences  of 
his  acts!  To  what  momentous  issues  do  even  what  appear 
small  matters  lead!  This  election,  more  in  trust  and  hope  than 
in  confidence  of  judgment,  carried  with  it  importance  big 
beyond  estimate  and  lasting  beyond  the  possibility  of  determi- 
nation. It  was  my  privilege,  as  one  of  a  small  audience  of 
spectators  on  the  evening  of  May  8,  1867,  to  hear  Dr.  Gregory 
read,  for  the  Committee  on  Courses  of  Study  and  Faculty,  a  re- 
port in  which  was  first  embodied  his  ideas  concerning  the  scope 
and  character  of  the  institution  he  and  his  colleagues  of  the 
committee  would  provide. 

That  report  carried  upon  the  face  of  it  the  strong  convic- 
tion that  the  author  was  pre-eminently  the  man  for  the  place 
and  the  hour.  In  the  light  of  all  subsequent  study  and  discus- 
sion, in  the  understanding  gained  by  the  tests  of  time,  and  in  the 
illumination  and  culmination  of  results,  the  fact  is  verified  and 
emphasized  that  the  trustees  made  no  mistake  in  that  birth- 
giving  and  soul-shaping  election,  during  that  Springfield  meet- 
ing. He  who  now  reads  that  luminous  initial  document  may 
find  in  it  not  only  the  prophecy  of  what  was  to  be,  but  the  solid 
and  well-laid  foundation  upon  which  the  growing  edifice  rises 
to  its  later  day  beauty  and  grandeur. 

Dr.  Gregory  was  singularly  well  fitted  by  nature,  by  attain- 
ments, and  by  experience  for  the  work  which  was  so  suddenly 
assigned  to  him.  He  was  a  broadly  cultured  and  widely  in- 
formed scholar  of  the  classical  type,  a  graduate  of  Union 
College,  and  had  devoted  himself  to  the  study  of  the  Law, 
expecting  to  make  it  his  profession.  Among  those  who  pass 
judgment  in  such  matters  he  was  considered  to  have  attained 
eminence  in  theology,   though  never  having  taken  a  regular 


JOHN    MILTON    GREGORY.  1 7 

course  of  instruction  of  this  nature.  He  had  been  for  many 
years  the  editor  of  a  successful  educational  periodical,  and  for 
five  years  was  State  Superintendent  of  Public  Instruction  in 
Michigan,  and  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Regents  of  the  State 
Universit}'.  For  four  years,  next  preceding  his  election  as 
Regent  here,  he  was  president  of  Kalamazoo  College.  He  never 
became  an  investigator  in  natural  science,  but  he  followed  with 
the  keenest  relish  the  results  of  the  labors  of  others,  and  held 
himself  ready  to  accept  conclusions  so  reached. 

Added  to  all  this,  perhaps  in  some  respects  above  all  this, 
he  was  capable  upon  short  notice  of  masterly  efforts  upon  the 
platform.  If  he  was  not  an  orator,  he  had  a  wonderful  gift  of 
utterance,  and  had  the  power  of  lucid  presentation  of  ideas  so 
that  audiences  large  and  small,  upon  common  or  upon  exalted 
themes,  were  held  in  rapt  attention  and  tireless  mental  follow- 
ing. His  chapel  talks  were  gems  of  diction  and  models  of  stir- 
ring helpfulness.  In  his  efforts  before  agricultural  societies, 
at  the  county  fairs,  in  the  country  school  houses,  in  teachers' 
assemblies,  before  the  learned  and  before  those  of  little  scho- 
lastic attainment,  he  was  ever  the  forceful,  the  instructive,  the 
convincing,  and  the  inspiring  master  of  the  hour.  In  the  pul- 
pit his  power  was  none  the  less,  for  the  plain  truths  of  a  prac- 
tical and  consoling  Christianity  came  from  his  lips  in  rare 
sweetness  and  in  hope-inspiring  power. 

It  remains,  however,  to  mention  the  element  of  fitness 
which,  perhaps,  more  than  any  other  designated  him  for,  and 
probably  brought  him  to,  the  high  office  which  he  held.  That 
was  his  intelligent,  broad-minded,  and  sincere  conception  of 
the  needs  and  possibilities  of  the  proposed  new  lines  of  edu- 
cational activity.  No  one  who  knew  him  as  a  man  could  read 
that  first  report,  to  which  I  again  refer,  and  his  other  papers 
and  speeches  of  a  similar  import,  including  his  numerous  rec- 
ommendations to  the  Trustees,  without  gaining  the  conviction 
that  his  burning  rhetoric  and  cumulative  logic  came  from  the 
well-springs  of  his  heart ;  though  it  is  proper  to  say  that  it  was 
just  here  that  opponents  made  their  most  serious  charges  and 
most  destructive  assaults.  Because  especially  he  clung  tena- 
ciously to  what  he  believed  to  be  of  value  in  classical  educa- 
tion, those  of  different  thought  pronounced  him  unsafe  as  a 


l8  UNIVERSITY    OF    ILLINOIS. 

leader  in  what  no  doubt  appeared  to  them  to  be  an  opposing, 
if  not  hostile,  idea. 

A  word  now  as  to  the  dissensions  of  opinions  and  the  disa- 
greements in  procedure  which,  during  the  time  under  consid- 
eration, so  harrassed  the  administration  and  hazarded  the 
enterprise.  The  young  University  was  the  subject  of  abundant 
criticism.  It  was  a  disappointment  in  one  way  or  another  to 
the  valorous  hosts  and  their  leaders,  who  had  labored  so  hope- 
fully and  assiduously  for  its  founding.  Vague  and  inconsid- 
erate objections  were  made,  through  want  of  information,  by 
many  who  took  little  pains  to  inquire;  and  those  best  informed 
and  most  heartily  interested  were  often  aggrieved  at  the  course 
things  were  taking.  The  redoubtable  Professor  Turner 
thought  at  one  time  that  all  was  lost.  The  storm  of  criticism 
from  one  side  beat  persistently  and  almost  piteously  upon  the 
literary  department,  and  from  the  other  side  artillery  explo- 
sions occurred  because  these  branches  had  been  neglected  or 
overshadowed.  Almost  the  entire  press  of  the  State,  at  one 
time  or  another,  was  open  to,  or  active  in,  disparaging  or  hos- 
tile discussions.  From  one  quarter  it  was  charged  that  the 
magnificent  possible  achievements  had  been  sacrificed  in 
making  simply  a  farmers'  college,  and  that  of  mediocre  kind. 
The  mountain  had  brought  forth,  not  a  mouse,  but  a  mole  to 
dig  forever  in  the  dirt.  Again — and  in  this  the  clamor  was 
louder  and  longer  continued — that  what  should  have  been  a 
school  of  practical  applications  only,  and  devoted  solely  to 
agriculture  and  the  mechanic  arts,  had  been  made,  through 
the  unwise  and  destructive  ambitions  of  its  administrators,  too 
large  and  comprehensive  in  idea,  too  magnificent  in  outlook, 
too  grand  for  the  purposes  involved,  and  for  the  possibilities 
of  support.  Meetings  in  various  parts  of  the  State  were  called, 
committees  were  appointed  and  reported,  resolutions  were 
passed  by  the  General  Assembly,  and  even  from  pulpits  came 
alarms  and  warnings.  There  were  troubles  within,  and  there 
were  blockades  and  rebuffs  without. 

With  all  this  unfavorable  commotion,  friends  came  to 
inquire  with  much  concern  for  the  cause.  Of  course  they  found 
various  reasons  and  made  various  answers.  But  for  our  pur- 
pose we  need  only  quote  from  the  inaugural  address,  where 


JOHN   MILTON   GREGORY.  I9 

appears  the  clear  and  penetrating  foresight  of  the  author. 
He  says: 

"  The  Industrial  University  is  peculiarly  a  child  of  the  pop- 
ular will.  Designed  to  promote,  by  education,  the  industrial 
interests  of  the  largest  classes  of  the  people,  and  challenging, 
on  this  ver}'^  ground,  popular  sympathy  and  support,  it  is  on 
these  accounts  more  liable  to  be  affected  by  the  fluctuations  of 
public  sentiment  regarding  it  than  institutions  of  a  less  popu- 
lar constitution.  A  thousand  noble  but  vague  hopes  and  aspi- 
rations will  look  here  to  find  the  help  they  crave ;  a  thousand 
deeply-felt  needs  of  skill  or  power  will  turn  to  this  University 
for  their  supply  without  knowing  precisely  how  it  is  to  be 
gained.  Evils  long  endured  will  send  up  here  their  appeal  for 
remedies.  Fierce  resentment  against  old  wrongs  or  fancied 
wrongs,  and  still  fiercer  resolves  in  favor  of  cherished  reforms 
or  fancied  reforms,  will  demand  that  these  halls  shall  feed 
their  hate  or  battle  in  their  cause.  Urged  by  such  variety  of 
motives,  and  viewing  the  matter  from  such  a  diversity  of  stand- 
points, it  will  not  be  wonderful  if  an  almost  endless  variety  of 
plans  shall  be  presented  for  our  guidance. 

"Each  theorizer  will  have  some  one  or  more  favorite 
notions  concerning  education,  and  each  will  count  his  notion 
as  of  central  value  and  importance,  and  will  demand  that  the 
University  shall  be  constructed  on  his  idea  as  its  chief  corner 
stone.  Unfortunately  only  one  plan  can  be  adopted,  and  its 
adoption  will  be  the  signal  for  a  hundred  men,  of  dogmatic 
turn,  to  shout  that  a  great  'mistake  has  been  made.'  'The 
institution  has  failed  in  its  great  aim  and  purpose,  and  nothing 
but  disaster  can  be  expected  till  revolution  shall  come  to  right 
the  wrong.'  The  'mistake'  is  simply  failure  to  take  their 
advice.  The  'purpose'  lost  sight  of  is  their  purpose,  and  the 
'disaster'  is  the  loss  of  their  approbation  and  patronage. 
They  never  seem  to  reflect  that  the  adoption  of  their  plans 
would  have  equally  disappointed  many  others,  perhaps,  whose 
interest  in  the  enterprise  is  equally  great,  and  whose  knowl- 
edge of  its  conditions  may  possibly  be  vastly  greater." 

What  prophecy  was  there  in  this!     By  changing  the  future 


20  UNIVERSITY    OF    ILLINOIS. 

to  the  past  tense  it  would  not  only  read  like  history,  but  would 
actually  be  history,  and  the  explanation  would  be  complete. 

It  is  not  strange,  however,  that,  measured  by  the  apparent 
possibilities,  and  by  the  fervid  hopes  of  the  original  workers 
and  builders  upon  paper,  rapid  progress  was  not  made,  large 
developments  were  not  secured.  The  wonder  rather  is  that 
under  it  all  and  through  it  all  so  much  was  accomplished,  that 
throughout  there  was  a  steady,  unfaltering,  unbroken,  undevi- 
ating,  forward  movement.  In  essentials  there  was  no  shifting 
of  plans  or  of  purposes  and  no  let  up  in  endeavor.  With  per- 
sistent adherence  to  the  original  outline  of  organization  and 
character,  and  with  a  sublime  faith  in  the  rightfulness  and 
therefore  ultimate  success  of  these  original  propositions  and 
provisions,  the  great  work,  made  unnecessarily  and  monstrously 
arduous,  went  right  onward.  Yonder  was  the  goal  high  above 
intervening  obstacles,  and  straight  was  the  roughened  road 
leading  thereto.  Final  triumph  shone  out  in  the  mental  hori- 
zon of  the  chief  executive  like  a  star  in  the  East,  and  it  alone 
was  accepted  for  guidance. 

And  triumph  came,  not  final  and  complete  in  Dr.  Gregory's 
day;  but  encouraging  side  victories  were  never  wholly  wanting, 
and  these,  gaining  in  number  and  kind  as  time  passed,  the 
vantage  ground,  high  and  secure,  became  evident  to  the 
dimmed  eyesight  of  even  prejudiced  observers.  From  this 
there  was,  there  could  be,  no  retreat.  The  banner  of  advanc- 
ing columns  floated  proudly  in  the  clearing  and  re-oxygenated 
atmosphere,  and  the  ringing  call  of  the  leader  was  answered 
along  the  line  by  many  an  encouraging  cheer.  Professor 
Turner,  heretofore  disheartened  by  what  seemed  a  failure  in 
the  outcome  of  his  strenuous  and  herculean  labors,  accepted 
an  invitation  of  the  Regent  to  visit  the  place,  and  in  his  address 
at  the  laying  of  the  corner  stone  of  University  Hall  gladly 
acknowledged  his  misinformation  and  misunderstanding,  and 
proclaimed  his  re-enkindled  hope  and  magnified  conception 
of  realized  success.  General  Eaton,  then  Commissioner  of 
Education  at  Washington,  at  the  dedication  of  this  same  build- 
ing, December  lo,  1873,  said: 

"Of  the  thirty-seven  state  institutions  benefited  by  what  is  known 
as  the  National  Agricultural  Grant,  I  consider  this  among-  the  most 


JOHN    MILTON    GREGORY.  21 

successful  in  its  administration.  Honoring-  all,  moreover,  who  have 
contributed  of  their  skill  and  wisdom  to  these  results,  I  can  not  fail 
to  observe  how  largely  they  are  due  to  the  ability,  character  and 
attainments  of  your  chief  administrative  officer.  I  seem  to  see  how 
certain  portions  of  his  experience  have  served  to  fit  him  specially  to 
do  this  work  with  success.  Scholarly  in  tastes  and  pursuits,  devout 
according-  to  his  conscience  and  honoring  the  same  in  others,  familiar 
with  the  state  system  of  education  in  which  a  similar  experiment 
had  been  proceeding-  successfully,  he  was  thus,  as  it  were,  in  training- 
for  the  work  here  undertaken.  I  need  not  call  to  your  minds  how 
easy,  at  different  points  in  the  progress  of  this  institution,  it  would 
have  been  for  a  one-sided  character — a  man  of  crotchety  ideas,  or  one 
unacquainted  with  affairs  or  with  the  conditions  and  sympathies  of 
all  the  classes  of  persons,  and  interests  and  subjects  to  be  here  har- 
monized, in  the  means  and  methods  employed  and  the  results  attained 
— how  easy  it  would  have  been  for  such  a  man  to  place  this  University 
in  the  rear  instead  of  in  the  front  rank  of  the  institutions  of  this  class, 
in  spite  of  the  greatness  of  your  State,  the  largeness  of  your  popula- 
tion, the  abundance  of  its  wealth,  and  the  general  prevalence  of 
education  among  your  people." 

It  is  impossible  now  to  enlarge  upon  this  interesting  and 
consoling  portion  of  my  theme.  The  most  assuring  and 
convincing  testimony  is  before  us  all  to-day.  The  maturing 
fruitage  of  the  wise  conceptions,  of  the  toilsome  labors,  of  the 
unmeasured  sacrifices,  and  of  the  heart-begotten  devotion  of 
the  first  Regent,  is  found  in  the  character  and  strength,  in  the 
purpose  and  grandeur  of  the  University  to-day.  Others  have 
assisted,  have  added,  and  broadened,  and  builded,  and  they 
have  their  appropriate  and  large  share  of  rightful  honor ;  but 
before  all  and,  in  a  sense  which  can  never  be  changed,  above 
all  there  appears  upon  the  scroll  of  great  names  in  connection 
with  this  institution  of  the  people,  one  at  the  head  of  the  list, 
magnified  by  history,  illumined  by  love,  made  sacred  by  death, 
—  that  of  the  first  Regent,  Dr.  John  M.  Gregory. 

The  time  arrived  when  he  desired  to  lay  down  the  heavy 
load  for  younger  and  stronger  workers  to  take  up.  The  Trus- 
tees reluctantly  accepted  his  resignation,  and  at  a  public  recep- 
tion caused  to  be  read  the  following  resolutions,  written  by  one 
who  is  present,  and  who  was  at  the  time  an  honored  member 
of  the  Board  of  Trustees : 


22  UNIVERSITY    OF    ILLINOIS. 

Whereas,  Dr.  J.  M.  Greg-ory,  our  esteemed  and  beloved  Regent, 
who  has  been  at  the  head  of  the  Illinois  Industral  University  from 
its  birth,  and  to  whom  the  people  of  the  State  of  Illinois  owe  a  debt 
which  cannot  be  paid  by  mere  words,  has  tendered  his  resignation  of 
the  trust  so  long  and  so  faithfully  held  by  him  ;  therefore, 

Resolved^  That  while  this  Board  accepts  the  resignation  of  Dr. 
Gregory,  it  does  so  with  feelings  of  regret ;  and,  while  compelled  to 
lose  his  valuable  services  in  the  future  management  of  the  University, 
the  Board  takes  this  occasion  to  express  and  extend  to  Dr.  Gregory  its 
appreciation  of  his  past  service  in  behalf  of  the  University,  the  har- 
mony and  good  feeling  which  exist  between  himself  and  this  Board, 
and  the  valuable  services  and  affectionate  devotion  on  his  part  to  the 
welfare  of  this  institution  and  all  connected  with  it. 

Resolved,  That  the  Illinois  Industral  University  is  and  ever  will 
be  a  monument  to  the  name,  fame,  and  genius  of  Dr.  Gregory  ;  that 
in  him  this  institution  has  had,  for  over  thirteen  years,  a  friend  con- 
stant, faithful,  and  devoted  to  the  cause  of  higher  education,  as 
applied  to  the  practical  and  useful  arts,  as  well  as  to  the  full  and  com- 
plete university  system,  which  he  has  crystalized  and  incorporated  in 
the  system  of  education  adopted  by  the  University. 

Resolved,  That  this  Board  in  its  own  behalf  as  well  as  in  behalf 
of  the  people  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  desires  to,  and  does  hereby, 
express  its  thanks  to  Dr.  John  M.  Gregory  for  his  long  and  faithful 
service  in  behalf  of  the  University ;  that  while  we  are  compelled  to 
part  with  him,  we  shall  ever  remember  and  appreciate  the  services 
he  has  performed,  for  the  institution  and  for  the  State,  and  shall  ever 
follow  his  future  career  with  feelings  of  affection  and  personal  regard, 
fully  believing  that  his  future  work  will  ever  be,  as  it  has  been  in  the 
past,  devoted  to  the  moral  and  intellectual  elevation  of  his  fellow 
beings. 


JOHN    MILTON    GREGORY.  23 


REMARKS  BY  JUDGE  CHARLES  G.  NEELY,  OF  THE 

CLASS  OF  '80. 

Dear  Friends:  We  are  here  today  under  circumstances 
peculiar  and  pathetic.  This  vast  concourse  of  people  has  as- 
sembled to  pay  a  tribute  of  respect  to  the  memory  of  a  friend. 
He  who  does  not  in  any  great  trial-hour  of  life  take  immedi- 
ate note  of  the  situation  in  which  he  finds  himself,  loses  half 
the  advantage  of  the  particular  occasion.  In  this  hall  are 
many  of  the  distinguished  citizens  of  the  State.  The  people 
of  Urbana  and  Champaign,  and  many  visitors  from  cities  near 
and  far,  have  come  to  participate  with  the  great  University  in 
this  solemn  memorial  for  the  beloved  dead.  The  whole  ser- 
vice is  sweetly,  sadly  impressive.  In  what  more  touching  man- 
ner could  expression  be  given  to  human  sorrow?  We  have 
invoked  the  spirit  of  prayer;  we  have  asked  a  tribute  of  song; 
we  have  commanded  of  the  lips  speech.  Our  hearts  are  ten- 
der under  the  spell  of  memory.  I  come  to  the  performance  of 
a  grateful,  though  mournful  duty.  How  shall  a  pupil  of  the 
great  teacher,  recalling  the  forceful  character  of  the  man,  his 
words  of  gentleness  and  wisdom,  his  self-sacrificing  devotion, 
best  speak  a  simple  word  of  just  praise?  This  hall  is  so 
familiar  and  so  dear!  So  often  has  he  stood  here  to  declare 
some  great  principle  or  truth  of  life!  How  luminous  now  do 
his  words  seem!  They  are  appealing  to  us  to  heed  the  lessons 
they  taught.  There  is  a  difference  between  recognition  and 
realization.  We  very  readily  say  we  recognize  the  truth  of  a 
statement  made,  but  it  often  requires  years  of  living  and  expe- 
rience to  realize  the  truth  of  the  statement.  Those  who  heard 
Dr.  Gregory,  here  from  this  platform,  could  not  understand  his 
wise  words  until  the  exigencies  of  life  revealed  their  worth. 

When  I  was  a  boy,  I  went  with  my  father  to  attend  a 
county  fair,  and  in  the  afternoon  the  people  gathered  around 
a  wagon  from  which  a  speaker  was  talking.  His  voice  rose 
clear  and  strong  above  the  crowd,  and  his  presence  and  theme 
commanded  attention.  In  the  midst  of  an  exhibition  of  mate- 
rial products,  he  invited  them  to  consider  the  importance  of 
educated   citizenship.     There   he   insisted   upon    mental   and 


24  UNIVERSITY    OF    ILLINOIS. 

moral  development,  and  made  plain  the  duty  of  the  State  to 
teach  her  children  how  to  live.  My  father  said  to  me:  "  When 
you  are  old  enough,  you  will  go  to  the  University."  Today,  I 
can  see  the  man  lifting  the  people  around  him  to  higher  ideals. 
It  is  the  only  incident  of  the  fair  that  I  can  recall.  Its  deep 
impression  has  never  left  me.  After  many  years  I  came  here, 
and  at  once  felt  acquainted  with  that  friend  of  young  men. 
He  is  the  only  man  to  whom  I  ever  went  to  school  that  I  felt 
was  a  great  teacher.  No  single  thing  in  my  college  days  so 
deeply  impressed  me  as  Dr.  Gregory's  chapel  talks.  Politics, 
religion,  social  conditions,  were  his  themes.  He  would  take 
some  living  question  of  the  day  and  present  it  in  a  manner  so 
attractive  and  forceful  that  it  became  a  possession  of  the 
hearer.  This  very  place,  this  hall,  this  desk  by  which  he  stood 
recall  the  many  scenes  with  surprising  vividness.  Here  I 
heard  him  declare  that  every  man's  life  is  like  some  great 
wheel  in  the  factory,  a  segment  of  which  is  at  one  time  down 
in  the  foundation;  then  again  that  same  segment  sweeps  up- 
ward to  its  highest  arc  until  it  catches  the  full  sunlight.  Again 
he  said:  "It  makes  little  difference  what  a  man  thinks  pro- 
vided he  will  be  sincere  and  think  long  enough.  If  he  does 
this  he  will  think  to  a  right  conclusion."  Once,  rising  to  the 
occasion  of  his  speech,  with  silver  tongue,  he  proclaimed  truth 
and  justice  God's  two  vicegerents  upon  earth,  and  that  it  was 
man's  duty  to  manifest  the  one  and  strive  after  the  other.  In 
his  closing  years  he  was  at  work  upon  a  book  on  Sociology  in 
which  he  labored  to  set  men  in  right  relations  and  bring  justice 
to  their  affairs.  At  another  time  in  a  burst  of  eloquence,  he 
said:  "Some  men  build  of  blocks  of  marble;  others  there  are 
who  build  in  immortal  thought."  He  was  an  orator  in  every 
sense  of  the  word,  and  easily  held  and  convinced  men  by  the 
pure  diction  of  his  thought  and  eloquence.  He  was  a  leader  of 
men  and  was  naturally  first  in  a  distinguished  company.  Sin- 
cerity of  purpose  was  his  chief  characteristic. 

We  must  judge  of  a  man  after  he  is  gone.  He  is  so  near 
to  us  when  living,  that  there  is  no  perspective  to  reveal  his  true 
relation.  What  any  man  is,  must  be  determined  by  what  he  did 
while  it  was  yet  day.  Doctor  Gregory  founded  a  great  univer- 
sity.   The  very  fact  that  his  work  outlives  him,  and   will   live 


JOHN    MILTON    GREGORY  25 

without  him,  proves  the  merit  of  his  work.  An  institution 
that  perishes  with  the  builder  is  little  worth  while.  That  it  can 
endure  after  him  manifests  the  grandeur  of  conception  and  its 
stable  foundation. 

The  foundation  gives  character  to  the  edifice.  The  archi- 
tect in  planning  the  foundation,  prepares  the  way  for  beauty, 
symmetry  and  proportion.  The  foundation  is  prophetic  of 
walls  and  roof,  window  and  arch. 

The  catalogue  of  i8q8  is  the  curriculum  of  1867,  developed 
on  the  great  lines  laid  down  then.  Doctor  Gregory  did  not 
build  better  than  he  knew.     He  built  as  well  as  he  knew. 

Two  epochs  come  together  today — the  past  and  the  pres- 
ent. It  is  my  privilege  to  speak  for  the  student  body.  How 
shall  I  do  it?  The  task  is  large.  Those  who  knew  him,  loved 
him;  this  I  know.  You  who  hear  about  him  will  honor  him,  I 
feel  sure.  The  human  heart  is  most  wonderfully  kind.  It  very 
lovingly  broods  over  the  scenes  that  are  gone.  It  most  gently 
calls  up  in  memory  the  faces  of  the  loved.  Memory,  so  sweet! 
so  sad!  A  great  spirit  has  this  day  passed  into  the  tomb.  We 
stand  uncovered  at  his  bier.  How  solemn  the  scene!  Over  in 
the  Library  Building  there  he  sleeps,  so  quietly.  His  dear  face 
gives  no  recognition,  but  his  life  and  example  are  our  inherit- 
ance. Thousands,  this  bright  October  afternoon,  sitting  by 
their  hearthstones,  with  their  little  children  about  them,  are 
thinking  of  this  memorial  and  of  him.  No  grander  monu- 
ment could  be  uplifted  toward  the  skies  than  this  splendid 
University,  where  the  sons  and  daughters  of  Illinois  and  her 
sister  states  shall  come  to  drink  freely  of  the  Waters  of  Life. 

On  the  7th  day  of  June,  1880,  Dr.  Gregory  delivered  the 
baccalaureate  sermon  to  our  class.  We  were  his  audience, 
though  this  hall  was  crowded.  He  said:  "  My  text  is  from 
St.  James:  'What  is  your  life?' "  The  question  came  home 
to  each  of  us,  bringing  us  face  to  face  with  the  future  that  lay 
before  us,  out  in  the  big,  round  world,  when  we  should  go  there 
to  assume  duty.  Many,  many  times  that  question  has  arisen. 
What  my  life  is  today,  or  may  be,  is  largely  due  to  his  teach- 
ing and  example.  I  stand  here  loving  him  for  what  he  did  for 
me  and  for  others.  I  know  he  loved  me.  This  sweet  child  of 
God  drew  men  unto  him.     He  was  known  and  loved  and  hon- 


26  UNIVERSITY    OF    ILLINOIS. 

ored  on  two  continents.  His  work  is  done!  How  well  done 
history  shall  record!  The  hand  so  strong  to  direct  has  fallen 
by  his  side.  The  stir  of  great  events  shall  summon  him  to 
duty  no  more,  nor  move  that  great  heart  again!  In  these 
grounds,  so  dear  to  him,  we  shall  gently  lay  him  down  to 
sleep.  Many  feet  in  the  years  to  come  will  make  pilgrimages 
here  to  lay  softly  on  the  grassy  mound  that  holds  his  dust,  the 
sweet  flowers  of  spring. 

"  What  Is  Your  Life?  "  Answering,  I  say:  Your  life  was 
an  inspiration  to  hundreds  and  thousands  of  the  young  men 
and  women,  citizens  of  this  great  Republic. 

At  the  conclusion  of  Judge  Neely's  remarks  the  Convoca- 
tion, under  the  lead  of  Professor  Fernie,  of  the  School  of 
Music,  sang  "Abide  With  Me,"  and  then  the  University  proces- 
sion took  up  its  way  to  the  vault  at  Mt.  Hope  cemetery,  where 
the  remains  were  to  be  retained  until  the  precise  place  of  burial 
should  be  determined  by  the  Board  of  Trustees. 

PRAYER  AND  BENEDICTION  AT  VAULT. 

Now,  God  and  Father  of  our  risen  Lord,  we  leave  here  in 
this  Machpelah  our  precious  alabaster  box.  The  costly  oint- 
ment which  it  contained  has  been  poured  out  upon  the  heads 
and  into  the  hearts  of  many  of  the  best  citizens  of  this  com- 
monwealth, and  wilt  Thou  grant  that  all  of  these  and  each  one 
of  us  may  share  with  Doctor  Gregory  in  the  first  resurrection 
at  the  coming  of  our  Lord  and  Savior  Jesus  Christ;  and  may 
the  love  of  God,  and  the  fellowship  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  abide 
with  you  all.     Amen 

On  Saturday  morning,  November  19,  1898,  at  11  o'clock, 
the  remains  were  interred,  as  directed  by  the  Board  of 
Trustees. 


JOHN    MILTON    GREGORY.  27 


ACTION  OF  THE  GENERAL  FACULTY. 

At  a  special  meeting  of  the  General  Faculty  held  Friday, 
October  21,  1898,  President  Draper  announced  the  death  of 
Dr.  John  Milton  Gregory,  First  Regent  or  President  of  the 
University, 

On  motion  of  Dean  Burrill,  the  following  memorandum 
was  adopted: 

Yesterday  the  telegraph  brought  the  sad  intellig-ence  from  Wash- 
ington, D.  C,  of  the  death  of  our  distinguished  and  honored  friend 
and  colleague,  Dr.  John  M.- Gregory,  first  Regent  of  the  University 
and  later,  until  the  time  of  his  death.  Professor  emeritus  of  Political 
Economy. 

Today,  we,  the  members  of  the  General  Faculty,  assemble  in 
special  meeting  to  express  our  sense  of  deep  bereavement  and  personal 
loss,  and  to  place  upon  our  official  records  our  high  and  loving  esti- 
mate of  the  man  and  our  grateful  appreciation  of  the  notable  and 
enduring  services  he  rendered  to  this  University  and  to  the  general 
cause  of  higher  education  in  our  country. 

By  the  legislative  act  organizing  the  University  the  Regent  was 
ex-officio  member  and  chairman  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  and  was 
also  by  the  same  act  chairman  of  the  Faculty.  Dr.  Gregory  therefore 
exercised  the  functions  and  bore  the  responsibilities  of  the  two  im- 
portant offices  in  the  nascent  institution,  and  had  officially  by  far  the 
most  power  and  influence  in  shaping  and  developing  its  character. 
Added  to  his  official  possibilities  there  were  those  of  an  engaging  and 
effective  personality,  'of  an  energetic  and  indomitable  worker,  of  a 
charming  and  convincing  platform  speaker,  and  of  a  man  of  broad 
scholarship  and  unimpeachable  personal  character.  Others  of  high 
official  and  wide  personal  influence  differed  with  him  from  the  begin- 
ning in  ideas  of  what  the  institution  should  be,  and  strong  opposition 
from  one  quarter  or  another,  and  in  one  way  or  another,  developed 
and  was  persistently  and  vigorously  urged.  That  he,  with  the  assist- 
ance of  co-workers,  at  length  triumphed,  is  witnessed  by  the  broadly 
founded  and  liberally  organized  University  as  it  stands  today,  instead 
of  an  exclusively  technical  school,  or  perhaps  as  an  exclusively  agri- 
cultural college.  Others  share  with  him  the  honors  of  wise  fore- 
thought and  heroic  execution  under  discouraging  conditions  and  of  an 
ultimate  victorious  outcome.     Yet  there  was  but  one  Regent  Gregory. 


28  UNIVERSITY    OF    ILLINOIS. 

He  stands  alone  in  an  important,  prominent  place  in  the  educational 
history  of  our  commonwealth,  and  to  him  alone  in  many  potential 
particulars  the  University  owes  its  being". 

To-day  we,  who  in  a  special  sense  share  the  benefits  of  his  mas- 
terful labors,  and  who  fondly  cherish  the  memory  of  his  eminent  per- 
sonal character,  hereby  express  our  thankfulness  for  his  life  and 
influence  in  connection  with  this  University,  and,  for  his  loss,  mingle 
our  sorrow  with  a  very  wide  circle  of  warmly  appreciative  friends. 
We  offer  the  condolence  of  sympathetic  hearts  to  his  children  and 
especially  to  her  who  with  us  was  an  esteemed  member  of  our  body 
and  with  him  bore  the  endearing-  relation  of  a  devoted  wife. 

ARTHUR  H.  DANIELS, 

Sccj'etaiy  General  Faculty. 


JOHN    MILTON    GREGORY  29 


ACTION  OF  THE  BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES. 

At  a  special  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  held  at  the 
University  on  Saturday,  November  12,  1898,  the  following 
members  were  present,  viz.:  James  E.  Armstrong,  Samuel  A. 
BuUard,  Lucy  L.  Flower,  Francis  M.  McKay,  Alexander 
McLean,  N.  B.  Morrison,  Isaac  S.  Raymond,  and  Thomas  J. 
Smith 

A  committee,  consisting  of  Messrs.  Bullard,  McLean  and 
Raymond,  was  appointed  to  prepare  a  suitable  expression  of 
the  sentiments  of  the  Board  touching  the  demise  of  John  M. 
Gregory,  LL.D.,  Regent  of  the  University  from  1867  to  1880. 

The  committee  reported  the  following,  viz.: 

Whereas,  Dr.  John  M.  Greg-ory,  the  first  Reg-ent  or  President  of 
the  University,  died  in  the  City  of  Washing-ton,  D.  C,  on  the  19th  of 
October  last;  and 

Whereas,  the  deceased  had  expressed  a  wish  that  his  remains 
mig"ht  have  burial  within  the  grounds  of  the  University,  and  such 
suggestion  has  already  had  the  approval  of  the  members  of  the 
Board  individually,  therefore, 

Resolved,  That  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  University  takes  the 
first  opportunity  since  the  death  of  Dr.  Greg-ory  to  renew  an  official 
expression  of  its  appreciation  of  the  great  debt  of  g-ratitude  under 
which  the  University  must  always  rest  to  its  first  Executive.  He  was 
endowed  in  liberal  measure  with  the  qualities  which  were  needed  to 
prepare  the  plans  and  effect  the  organization  of  such  an  institution. 
His  scholarship,  his  intellectual  balance,  his  familiarity  with  public 
questions,  his  courage  in  the  face  of  much  opposition,  and  his  skill  in 
debate,  laid  foundations  for  a  University  upon  which  the  superstruc- 
ture has  been  continually  growing  stronger  and  nobler  since  he  ceased 
to  be  so  potent  in  guiding-  its  affairs.  His  sympathetic  nature  and 
his  efficiency  as  a  teacher  not  only  endeared  him  to  students,  but  gave 
inspiration  and  direction  to  their  lives.  His  works  will  remain  after 
him  to  do  him  honor,  and  his  memory  must  always  have  a  unique  and 
enviable  place  in  our  history.  His  death,  even  at  the  end  of  a  long- 
and  exceeding-ly  fruitful  life,  fills  all  friends  of  the  University  with 
sorrow.  The  Board  of  Trustees,  not  only  because  of  its  official  re- 
sponsibility and  its  point  of  vision,  but  perhaps  more  particularly  be- 
cause four  of  its  members  were  students  of  the  distinguished  deceased, 
is  in  position  to  realize  the  great  worth  of  his  services  to  individuals, 


30  UNIVERSITY    OF    ILLINOIS. 

to  the  University,  and  to  the  educational  progress  of  the  State,  and 
knows  how  very  feeble  this  formal  action  is  in  adequately  expressing- 
it.  Not  only  in  an  official  and  a  formal  way,  but  with  a  depth  of  feel- 
ing- which  we  cannot  utter,  we  declare  that  it  was  rare  g-ood  fortune 
which  brought  his  great  gifts  to  the  aid  of  the  University  in  the  days 
of  its  infancy;  and  in  the  years  of  its  strength  it  will  never  cease  to 
cherish  his  memory  and  draw  inspiration  from  his  words  and  his 
example. 

Resolved^  That  his  desire  to  be  buried  in  the  grounds  of  the  Uni- 
versity is  not  only  sig^nificant  of  his  unceasing"  affection  for  it,  but 
bringfs  to  it  the  opportunity  to  secure  in  larg-er  measure  the  continu- 
ance of  his  influence  upon  its  life.  While  any  common  practice  in 
this  direction  is  doubtless  to  be  avoided,  even  in  the  case  of  strong- 
characters  who  have  exerted  telling  influence  in  the  affairs  of  the 
University,  the  exceptional  prominence  of  Dr.  Gregory  in  this  regard 
is  sufficient  justification  in  this  instance.  Therefore,  the  Board  directs 
that  burial  be  made  in  mason  work  in  the  neighborhood  of  a  point 
south  of  the  line  of  John  street,  if  projected  into  the  University 
grounds,  and  about  one  hundred  feet  therefrom,  and  about  midway 
between  University  Hall  and  the  west  line  of  the  University  grounds, 
and  the  Board  will,  as  soon  as  practicable,  give  appropriate  treatment 
to  the  grounds  in  that  vicinity  and  assume  the  perpetual  care  of  the 
grave,  to  the  end  that  it  may  unceasingly  remind  us  and  coming  gen- 
erations of  the  virtues  of  the  departed,  and  forever  exert  an  influence 
at  once  mellowing  and  uplifting  in  the  life  of  the  University.  And 
the  executive  officers  of  the  University  are  directed  at  an  early  date  to 
carry  this  action  into  effect. 

Respectfully  submitted, 

S.  A.  BULLARD, 
ALEX.  McLEAN, 
ISAAC  S.  RAYMOND, 

Committee. 
Adopted: 

W.  L.  PIIvLSBURY, 

Secretary  Board  of  Trustees. 


JOHN    MILTON    GREGORY.  3I 

ACTION     OF     CHICAGO     CLUB     OF     UNIVERSITY 

ALUMNI. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Chicago  Club  of  the  University 
Alumni,  held  November  5,  1898,  the  following  memorandum 
was  adopted: 

Full  of  years  and  honors,  like  a  shock  of  ripened  corn  in  an 
abundant  year,  our  beloved  instructor  and  friend,  Dr.  John  M.  Greg-- 
ory,  the  founder  and  first  Reg-ent  (President)  of  our  Alma  Mater,  has 
been  gathered  to  his  fathers. 

A  man  of  pure  life,  of  hig-h  ideals,  a  leader  of  men,  a  friend  of 
humanity,  devoted  to  the  progress  and  advancement  of  those  whose 
education  was  intrusted  to  his  care,  faithful  and  watchful  as  a  parent, 
he  stands  as  a  model  for  imitation  in  all  those  virtues  which  crown  a 
Christian  manhood. 

Well  versed  in  every  field  of  knowledge,  he  was  a  man  of  uncom- 
monly broad  culture,  which  gave  him  as  a  teacher  the  power  to  im- 
part information  in  a  clear  and  forceful  manner.  In  this  particular, 
he  has  had  few  equals — no  superior. 

Possessing  in  a  remarkable  deg-ree  the  faculty  of  attracting-  and 
endearing  his  students  to  him,  he  was  throug-h  his  own  personality, 
enabled  to  lead  them  to  hig-her  and  nobler  achievements. 

His  ashes  are  given  to  the  soil  of  the  institution  that  was  so  dear 
to  him,  but  his  character,  his  work,  his  influence,  his  fame,  belong-  to 
the  country,  the  world,  to  humanity,  to  civilization. 

The  University  is  his  monument;  his  name  shall  live  in  our 
hearts  forever  and  ever. 

CHARLES  H.  BARRY, 
HERMAN  S.  PEPOON, 
SAMUEL  A.  HARRISON, 

Committee. 

The  following  committee  was  appointed  to  secure  contri- 
butions from  the  Alumni,  and  prepare  a  suitable  memorial  to 
Doctor  Gregory  at  the  University: 

N.  Clifford  Ricker,  1872,  Chairman;  F.  L.  Hatch,  1873;  I.  O.  Ba- 
ker, 1874;  George  R.  Shawhan,  1875;  H.  W.  Mahan,  1876;  Charles  H. 
Barry,  1877;  Ellis  M.  Burr,  1878;  Lorado  Taft,  1879;  Charles  G. 
Neely,  1880;  Charles  H.  Dennis,  1881;  Frederick  D.  Rugg-,  1882;  W. 
A.  Heath,  1883,  Treasurer;  Solon  Philbrick,  1884;  John  E.  Wright, 

1885;  William  D.  Pence,  1886;  John  Farson,  ;  Arthur  N.  Talbot, 

1881. 


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